Why is a feminist financial imagination important right now? Yifat Susskind joined Joy Anderson on the Criterion Institute Podcast to highlight the importance of this imagining for social transformation and funding for women's rights organizations. "As activists, imagination is our superpower. That is the source code for every single thing we do because if we're trying to create a just world, we have to be able to first imagine something that never has fully existed." Now is the time to protect the people and programs most at risk as governments and private philanthropy retreat from funding critical work. Hear more: https://www.criterioninstitute.org/podcasts/podcast-episode-51#podcast-rich-text (fb)

An executive order that blocks US foundations from supporting initiatives across borders could destabilize organizations like MADRE, whose mission is to advance long-lasting changemaking grassroots solutions. "As a new wave of laws actively seeks to dismantle human rights, foundations have an opportunity to join the call to protect democracy and affirm the importance of dignity for all." (fb)